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CHANNEL 1 - no introduction needed. With reverence, we present the first batch in a series of mainly never-before-reissued selections from the Channel 1 catalog, to be distributed by DKR. Round one: Stephanie Samuels 'Africa We Want to Go', beautiful one-away deep roots with birdsong, truly mystical tune. Carlton Livingston 'Tale of Two Cities', not only his first released tune, but one of his best. A tough riddim by the Revolutionaries, with wicked horns. Midnight Riders 'Posse Form a Line', a special request to the Channel 1 crew of the day. This is one of the best tunes from the Riders, who are one our all-time personal favorite artists, so this one is a special joy for us to bring out. A simply amazing late era Channel 1 riddim, proving that Channel ruled from beginning to end.

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don't know for certain who mixed the 'posse...' dub. the main mixing engineer at CH1 at the time the tune was made was Scientist, but could have also been Peter Chemist or Donovan, who also mixed a bunch at that time. or one of the others who worked there even...sorry that i can't be specific. these things were not always notated. the backing band is definitely the Gifted Roots Band. Dwight Pinkney (lead guitar), Lassy Beckford (rhythm guitar), Stanley 'Barnabus' Bryan (drums), Danny Thompson (bass), Gladdy Anderson (keyboard), Noel 'Skully' Simms (percussion). occsionally with Tony Asher on synth/keys, and Everald Gayle, Tony Green, Deadly Headley and sometimes more on horns.

nice to see jojo letting someone into channel's vaults.it would great to see the release of the enforcer's lp also there's a great johnny moore instrumental that channel has but i don't believe that it has ever been released.btw, i think that might be solgie doing the mixing on the midnight riders cut

NB: In the production of these records, every effort has been made to utilize master tapes whenever possible. However, in some cases the master tape no longer exists or is in unusable condition. Therefore, some selections have been repressed from original stampers (where we felt their wear was not a major detriment), or have been carefully remastered from very rare but unfortunately imperfect original press vinyl copies. Even with a highly skilled and experienced reggae mastering engineer and the most modern audio soft/hardware, in some instances the results can still leave something to be desired, even for the most welcoming ears. In these cases we believe that the rarity, and more importantly, quality of the music will carry you through. Enjoy!